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  1. Spiders Fight Pollution

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    68
    NoS ID
    351133
    Story no
    3 / 3

    COI synopsis: They may not be everyone’s idea of man’s best friend but these spiders are really helping in the battle against atmospheric pollution; spinning their fragile webs, they increase our chances...

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  2. Biology of Spiders. No. 7: Capture of Prey: Webless Spiders (1965 Film)

    Director
    E R Skinner; G H Thompson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Many spiders do not make silken webs. The jumping spiders stalk their prey and pounce when within range. Others lie in wait - they are usually cryptically coloured. The water spider catches prey either on or...

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  3. Fear and loathing (1984)

    Genre
    Documentary; Interview; Music; Poetry; Trailer

    Documentary on phobias – their cause and treatments. Includes interviews with consultant psychiatrist Dr Nasir Ali; GP Dr Jane McPherson (?); psychotherapist Norman Lee who runs Phobias Confidential;...

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  4. Colour Supplement No.17: interview and music programme (1990)

    COLOUR SUPPLEMENT No.17: interview and music programme presented by Amanda Ware on Saturday evenings on Ocean Sound North, The Light FM [?] transmitted 21:02-21:58. CD17- Little Amazon Rainforest Park....

    ILR South ILR South Radio Radio Online Online Audio Audio

  5. Science Is Fiction: The Films of Jean Painlevé

    Date
    2 Jun 2014, 07:57
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Article

    Jean Painlevé (1902-1989) was one of the pioneers in the development of scientific cinema and was one of its great popularisers. Oliver Gaycken, Assistant Professor at University of Maryland looks at the...

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  6. Biology of Spiders. No. 5: Courtship: Jumping Spiders (1965 Film)

    Director
    E R Skinner; G H Thompson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Compares courtship in the jumping spiders. Several species perform zig-zag dances while ‘Attulus saltator’ sways from side to side with front legs held upwards. ‘Hyctia nivoyi’ poses to show his...

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  7. Biology of Spiders. No. 9: Capture of Prey and Mating: ‘Hyptiotes Paradoxus’ (1965 Film)

    Director
    E R Skinner; G H Thompson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The triangle spider, ‘Hyptiotes paradoxus’, makes a web of unique shape. Moreover, the spider bridges a gap on the apical line with its body so that it holds up and tensions the entire web. When courting...

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  8. Biology of Spiders. No. 4: Wolf Spiders (1965 Film)

    Director
    E R Skinner; G H Thompson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the different methods of courtship used by wolf spiders of which several species occur in the same habitat. Includes ‘Lycosa nigriceps’, ‘L. lugubris’, ‘L. amentata’, ‘Tarentula...

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  9. Spiders Fight Pollution

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    68
    NoS ID
    351131
    Story no
    3 / 3

    COI synopsis: They may not be everyone’s idea of man’s best friend but these spiders are really helping in the battle against atmospheric pollution; spinning their fragile webs, they increase our chances...

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  10. Life on a Thread (1999)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 30 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Biologists and computer scientists are beginning to understand how maths and physics help explain the amazinig abilities of spiders. Shows a number of experiments. the key themes are webs and web spinning,...

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